This Mother's Day, give a bouquet that lasts! Check out these colorful oil paintings to find the perfect gift for a loved one (or yourself)! See all the piec...

Here is what I have been up to: Rural scenes with high horizons. Focusing on composition, I am creating a high focal point in the distance, with a more abstr...

As I put together these photos from the past year, three things stood out: painting, teaching, and traveling. I have been fortunate to meet and learn from su...

Recent Obsession: It has been a long, dry summer here and I could not resist painting the limelight hydrangea that bloom in the heat of the season. Working ...

Join me for a pop-up garden party art show full of florals, figures, and other small works. Twenty artists with a colorful variety of styles presented by The...

Those are the words of Michelangelo, renowned sculptor, painter, and architect, at age 87. Despite his enormous skill, he recognized that there was still mor...

Whether you are trying to become a full-time artist or simply want a place to jot down ideas, the first place to start is a sketchbook. It’s the perfect plac...

In the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, it’s easy for the true purpose to get lost in the trips to the mall. But for me, it always comes down to one ...

I paint nests because not only are they delicate and naturally sculpted, but they’ve come to symbolize home; whether for newlyweds building a home together o...

Stop By Our One-Day Pop-Up Art Show Swing by this Wednesday, November 14th from 11am-6pm to see original art by me, Libby Smart and Fonda Doerre as well as h...

I am excited to announce that I will be teaching the Fundamentals of Painting course at Braitman Studios; it is a 12-week course for beginners. Although this...

In May I attended the Plein Air South Convention in Port St. Joe, Florida. 5 days of presentations, demonstrations, instruction, and painting outdoors. Inspi...

I am excited to share my new wall system easel. In an effort to paint larger and more "in series," Stan Gathwright, Charlotte carpenter and painter, built th...

While visiting my artistic daughter, Eryn, in DC, we visited the National Portrait Gallery. Oh, what a treat! If you are ever in our nation's capital, don't ...

I would have never guessed the joy I would receive from being able to escape to a cabin in the quiet Appalachian mountains. With barns, cows, vistas, it's pl...

In Charlotte, look at Alexander Scott Interiors, The Good News Shop at Christ Church and The Gallery Room at Cotswold Marketplace to find my original works. ...

Fortunately once again, February took me plein air painting for a week in San Miguel de Allende, a small colonial town in the Bajio mountains of central Mexi...

January brought artist/creative coach Larry Moore to my neck of the woods and I had the opportunity to take his 4 day “Abstracted Landscape” workshop in Matt...

Charlotte, a southern metropolitan city in NC, is the birthplace of Billy Graham. Since nearly every other corner features a steeple, I decided to paint a se...

Thursday, September 28th, 2017 | 6:00 -8:30 pm | Midtown Ballroom 1133 Metropolitan Ave, Suite 180, Charlotte, NC Come join us to mix and mingle at our exclu...